Oysters and escargot are recognized as luxury foods around the world—but they were once valued by the lower classes as cheap ...

The finding is part of a University of Maine study that relied on local shellfish harvesters. It argues that fishermen's ...

The California Department of Public Health discovered an outbreak of norovirus associated with eating certain oysters and ...

That’s 7.6 billion adult oysters and more than five billion spat (baby oysters). In 2005, after disease and overharvesting nearly wiped them out, the Bay was home to just 2.4 billion adults. In other ...

Farming of the Pacific oyster has been banned in Denmark since 1998, yet despite this measure, Pacific oyster beds are now ...

To make nonstick cookware, metal is dipped in or sprayed with a nonreactive material that fills the microscopic nooks and crannies on the surface and then solidifies to create a smooth shell. PTFE is ...

New research shows they’re still protecting the land. Dense piles of oyster shells litter the barrier islands just off the coast of Georgia. A recent study showed that these coastlines were ...

The oyster shells' lower pH level balances out the acidic coffee to make a soil product rich in nutrients. Now, FED will test the theory, using the new product on one row and their usual fertilizer on ...

By examining fossilised oyster shells and conducting high-resolution ... The study highlights that climate change is not necessarily a smooth or continuous warming trend. An increase in greenhouse ...